Lee Jae-myung: "Am I the owner of Hwacheon Daeyu? I would give money to a dog, but I cannot give money to Kwak Sang-do's son"

Lee Jae-myung, the presidential candidate of the Democratic Party of Korea and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, is attending the National Assembly's Public Administration and Security Committee's audit of Gyeonggi Province held at the Gyeonggi Provincial Government on the 18th, providing a work report. Photo by the National Assembly Press Photographers Group

[Asia Economy Reporter Naju-seok] Lee Jae-myung, the Democratic Party presidential candidate and Governor of Gyeonggi Province, categorically denied on the 18th the claim that he is the real owner of Hwacheon Daeyu.

At the Gyeonggi Provincial Government Office during the National Assembly Public Administration and Security Committee's Gyeonggi Province audit, Lee said, "People keep saying that I gave the money, but if I were truly the owner of Hwacheon Daeyu and had the money, I would not give a single penny to someone like Kwak Sang-do's son, who forged a suicide note, even if it meant throwing it to a dog on the street."

He continued, "The clear fact is that the People Power Party (formerly Saenuri Party) blocked public development as the party's official stance," shifting the responsibility for the Daejang-dong development scandal to the Saenuri Party (the predecessor of the People Power Party).